282 research outputs found
Boltzmann-Poisson-like approach to simulating the galactic halo response to satellite accretion Dependence on the halo density profile
Recent studies have reported the detection of the galactic stellar halo wake
and dipole triggered by the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), mirroring the
corresponding response from dark matter (DM). These studies open up the
possibility of adding constraints on the global mass distribution of the Milky
Way (MW), and even on the nature of DM itself, with current and upcoming
stellar surveys reigniting the discussion on response modes in dynamical
friction. However, the simulation of such features remains computationally
challenging. We used a collisionless Boltzmann equation (CBE)+Poisson solver
based on an existing method from the literature. We investigated the density
and velocity response modes in simulations of Galactic-type DM halos accreting
LMC-sized satellites, including the dependence on the halo density profile. We
successfully captured both the local wake and the global over- and underdensity
induced in the host halo. We also captured the velocity response. In line with
previous studies, we find that the code can reproduce the core formation in the
cuspy profile and the satellite core stalling. The angular power spectrum (APS)
response is shown to be sensitive to each density profile. The cored Plummer
density profile seems the most responsive, displaying a richness of modes. At
the end of the simulation, the central halo acquires cylindrical rotation. The
CBE description makes it tenable to capture the response modes with a better
handling of noise in comparison to traditional N-body simulations. Hence, given
a certain noise level, BPM has a lower computational cost than N-body
simulations, making it feasible to explore large parameter sets. We anticipate
that stellar spheroids in the MW or external galaxies could show central
cylindrical rotation if they underwent a massive accretion event. The code can
be adjusted to include a variety of DM physics.Comment: 10 pages, 13 figures, Accepted for publication in Astronomy and
Astrophysic
The spectrum of the recycled PSR J0437-4715 and its white dwarf companion
We present extensive spectral and photometric observations of the recycled
pulsar/white-dwarf binary containing PSR J0437-4715, which we analyzed together
with archival X-ray and gamma-ray data, to obtain the complete mid-infrared to
gamma-ray spectrum. We first fit each part of the spectrum separately, and then
the whole multi-wavelength spectrum. We find that the optical-infrared part of
the spectrum is well fit by a cool white dwarf atmosphere model with pure
hydrogen composition. The model atmosphere (Teff = 3950pm150K, log
g=6.98pm0.15, R_WD=(1.9pm0.2)e9 cm) fits our spectral data remarkably well for
the known mass and distance (M=0.25pm0.02Msun, d=156.3pm1.3pc), yielding the
white dwarf age (tau=6.0pm0.5Gyr). In the UV, we find a spectral shape
consistent with thermal emission from the bulk of the neutron star surface,
with surface temperature between 1.25e5 and 3.5e5K. The temperature of the
thermal spectrum suggests that some heating mechanism operates throughout the
life of the neutron star. The temperature distribution on the neutron star
surface is non-uniform. In the X-rays, we confirm the presence of a high-energy
tail which is consistent with a continuation of the cut-off power-law component
(Gamma=1.56pm0.01, Ecut=1.1pm0.2GeV) that is seen in gamma-rays and perhaps
even extends to the near-UV.Comment: 23 pages. To appear in Ap
Lyman-Alpha-Emitting Galaxies at z = 2.1 in ECDF-S: Building Blocks of Typical Present-day Galaxies?
We discovered a sample of 250 Ly-Alpha emitting (LAE) galaxies at z=2.1 in an
ultra-deep 3727 A narrow-band MUSYC image of the Extended Chandra Deep
Field-South. LAEs were selected to have rest-frame equivalent widths (EW) > 20
A and emission line fluxes > 2.0 x 10^(-17)erg /cm^2/s, after carefully
subtracting the continuum contributions from narrow band photometry. The median
flux of our sample is 4.2 x 10^(-17)erg/cm^2/s, corresponding to a median Lya
luminosity = 1.3 x 10^(42) erg/s at z=2.1. At this flux our sample is > 90%
complete. Approximately 4% of the original NB-selected candidates were detected
in X-rays by Chandra, and 7% were detected in the rest-frame far-UV by GALEX.
At luminosity>1.3 x 10^42 erg/s, the equivalent width distribution is unbiased
and is represented by an exponential with scale-length of 83+/-10 A. Above this
same luminosity threshold, we find a number density of 1.5+/-0.5 x 10^-3
Mpc^-3. Neither the number density of LAEs nor the scale-length of their EW
distribution show significant evolution from z=3 to z=2. We used the rest frame
UV luminosity to estimate a median star formation rate of 4 M_(sun) /yr. The
median rest frame UV slope, parametrized by B-R, is that typical of dust-free,
0.5-1 Gyr old or moderately dusty, 300-500 Myr old populations. Approximately
40% of the sample occupies the z~2 star-forming galaxy locus in the UVR two
color diagram. Clustering analysis reveals that LAEs at z=2.1 have
r_0=4.8+/-0.9 Mpc and a bias factor b=1.8+/-0.3. This implies that z=2.1 LAEs
reside in dark matter halos with median masses
Log(M/M_(sun))=11.5^(+0.4)_(-0.5), which are among of the lowest-mass halos yet
probed at this redshift. We used the Sheth-Tormen conditional mass function to
study the descendants of these LAEs and found that their typical present-day
descendants are local galaxies with L* properties, like the Milky Way.Comment: 35 pages, 9 figures, ApJ, in pres
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